The bird has become a messenger bird as it should be.
It’s not that he’s done much good, but because the Four Directions are undergoing a massive renovation programme, the king needs more birds to act as his messengers and to listen to his heart.
Bird Flying Jedi discovers that he has underestimated how hard the job is.
The bird has to fly non-stop between the king and other relevant power figures in the centre of the city, even if it is only to deliver one or two meaningless greetings or exclamations.
His Majesty’s heart is not quite what he thinks it is either.
As a messenger bird, Bird Flying Jedi could stand on the king’s shoulder and listen to his inner voice.
From the king’s broad chest came a voice full of air, which travelled along the rocky skin to the shoulder and turned into a stirring and trembling command: “Go to the farm in the north, I want to know the harvest of sweet potatoes and taro.”
On command, the bird lifts its wings and arrives in the north to observe the situation. It gets the information from the local commander and comes back to report.
“Go to the south, I want to know the number of chickens in the pen.”
The bird takes off again and repeats the above.
Most of the time, except for a few moments of concentration, the king is prone to wandering thoughts.
“What am I doing? Who am I? Why am I here?”
“Wouldn’t it be more useful to think in a different position?”
“…… Quadrangle, why is this place called Quadrangle?”
At this point, the reporting birds tell this king in unison.
“You gave this place its name. The Four Directions Kingdom was ordained by you.”
“Me? Oh.”
The king’s memory was never very good.
“Where is the King of Bones?”
Again, the birds scrambled to answer, “The Bone King has left the Four Courts to fight in the depths of the Abyss.”
“Why?”
“Because Lord Bone advocates death and this is the land of the living.”
“And where is the Winged King?”
“Lord Wing King also went to the fifth level, Lord Wing King likes hunting and can’t be bothered.”
“Oh ……”
After entering the group of reporting birds, Bird Flying Jade learnt many hidden secrets.
It was rumoured that in the past, there were three rulers of the fourth layer of the abyss, the Rock King, the Bone King and the Wing King.
The era when the three kings stood side by side was also the time when the Four Directions Kingdom developed the fastest.
The initial establishment and development of the Four Directions Kingdom was also completed in the hands of the three kings.
Unfortunately, the good times didn’t last long, and soon the Bone King and the Wing King left together with a large group of people to go deeper into the fifth layer.
In their words.
“Not going to the depths of the abyss to look for a way to break the situation, nestling here as an earth emperor? That’s really funny.”
Unlike the Rock King, the Bone King and the Wing King built the Four Directions Kingdom for the purpose of recruiting soldiers and raising enough soldiers to form an army in order to enter the Fifth Layer to fight for deer.
They left and never returned.
The inhabitants of the Four Directions Kingdom loved King Rock. Because King Rock was different, he didn’t mind being the king of a small country, guarding this not-so-expansive land, day after day.
The reporting birds spoke cryptically and restrained, but Bird Flying Jedi managed to piece together the truth of what happened in the first place.
The Bone King and the Winged King disliked the Rock King’s slowness and lack of strength, considered him a liability, and didn’t even try to bring him along, leaving with their elite men without even greeting them.
For the inhabitants of this place, even a foolish and forgetful conformist was much better than a radical leader who was ambitious and went around fighting.
Bird Flying Jedi’s mind is quick, and soon it has an insight into a shocking truth: the king lives in a false quadrangle.
The situation of the taro and sweet potato harvest is false.
The number of chickens in the chicken coop was also false.
The abundance of fish and frogs in the fish pond was still false.
The fact that everyone is doing well is equally false.
……
Everything the king heard and saw was a fictional and fabricated set up by the generals and commanders.
Bird Flying Jedi had gone to the field and seen the farmland, and large areas of the
fields were in a state of abandonment.
It wasn’t that the farmers didn’t want to farm, it was that if the harvest didn’t reach the number set by the commanders, the farmers would have to eat whips and have to make up for the shortfall. It was better not to do it if you couldn’t feed yourself.
The chickens in the pens were often stolen, and the thieves included soldiers, cooks and the chicken farmers themselves. It was everyone’s chickens that were stolen, so neither the commanding officer in charge nor the chicken keeper wanted to look for trouble and make a noise, but would instead cause themselves to be chastised along with it.
The fish in the fish ponds were hard to grow, for one thing, some people would sneak in to catch the fish, and for another, the fish could easily get sick and die, while the Four Directions Kingdom did not have any doctors who could specifically treat the fish.
Frogs lived well, except that they lived in poisonous fishponds with poisonous sacs all over their bodies, with very few edible parts, and they were easy to eat.
People often trade privately with each other and turn a blind eye to each other, and the whole four directions country is getting rotten.
This is the real situation.
But no one would tell the king about all this, any revelation of any of these things would make a large group of people involved heavily punished, that would have to be the enemy of everyone.
What the reporting bird had to do was to take the exaggerated descriptions given by the various commanders and embellish and retouch them further to make them seem like the truth.
If the entire city was a lie, then at least make that lie a little more beautiful.
“We’re just a bunch of messenger birds.”
“It won’t change anything.”
That was the consensus of the entire group.
Birds of a Feather found that it had become a dead end.
Everyone who knew was guilty of something, and to tell the truth would be to hurt themselves and offend a whole bunch of people involved.
A wise man knows what to do.
As each day passed, Bird Flying Jedi felt more and more bitter as it travelled between the depressing and tearing falsehoods and truths.
It had no one to confide in, so it could only brazenly find its good brother Niu Sanshi.
Previously, when the Sinner Legion appeared, Bird Feijie said it was going to report the news, it was indeed scared to death, so it found an excuse to leave its comrades behind and run for its life.
Since then, it had avoided Niu Sansi.
When he heard that Niu Sanshi had been handpicked by General Hai to join the Sinner’s Legion, Bird Feijie inwardly mourned more for this old friend. Compared to patrolling the host road and mixing into that group of evil ghost-like soldiers, I wonder if Niu Sanshi could survive.
Not long after that, two demigods attacked the Sifang Country. In that battle, Niu Sanshi manipulated a strange device, and surprisingly participated in the entire battle to exterminate the gods.
Bird Fei Jie watched the battle from afar, watching with a surging heart, both jealous and surprised.
Among those well-trained fierce and fierce Corpse Demon soldiers, Niu Sanshi surprisingly did not fall out at all.
This fellow, surprisingly, was a born warrior!
Seeing Niu Sanshi again, Bird Fei Jie was a little embarrassed: ”Seeing that you are doing well, I am relieved ……”
Niu Sanshi looked stronger, no longer dry, thin and hungry as before, and appeared to be in high spirits.
It doesn’t have the slightest bit of attachment to the past, but enthusiastically introduces Bird Fei Jie to the various benefits in the legion: the food is as good as hell, the guys are all pretty fierce, and even the demigods can be taken down …… It suggests that Bird Fei Jie also apply to join the legion.
[In view of the general environment.
“I can’t, I can’t adapt to this kind of army.”
After listening to Bird Fei Jie’s bitterness, Niu Sanshi was shocked, “What? The Four Directions Kingdom is going to die? Why is this happening?”
Professional influence, Bird Fei Jie habitually exaggerated the situation further.
It was one step from getting more and more rotten to the fact that the death of the country was imminent.
“How should I know? The source should be from the Three Kings era …… when the Bone King and the Winged King liked to hide it from His Majesty the King.”
Bird Fei Jie finally solved his bitterness once and waved his wings to let out a long breath, “You can enter the Sinner’s Legion, now it seems to be a good thing instead.”
Niu Sanshi suddenly said, ”Isn’t the legion allied with the Four Directions Kingdom now? You can tell General Hai about this
Army and request General Hai to help the King to rectify the Four Directions Kingdom!”
“……”
Bird Fei Jie thought to himself, “Anyway, the situation can’t be worse than what’s in front of us. If the Legion was going to take over the city, it would only be a matter of time. At least through this group of ferocious soldiers, some change could be brought about by force.
“Can. But don’t say I told you, just say you know it yourself.”
“It can’t be.”
Niu Sanshi scratched his head, “Everyone knows that I know you well, and now you’re the bird of information. How can I do that? Everyone must have known right away that it was you who said it.”
This guy smartened up.
The Bird Flying Jedi’s heart changed: “Take me to General Hai!”
It’s true that messenger birds can’t do much.
But when it comes to spicing things up, we’re pros.
……
Bird Fei Jie did not expect that shortly after his conversation with General Hai, a series of drastic changes soon occurred on all four sides.
The first was that General Hai and the king had reached a consensus on transforming the Four Sided Kingdom.
One by one, the administrators of the Yao Race arrived, and they formed city councils that allowed people of different races to speak out and give their opinions, outlawing the past system of the military running the cities.
A large number of redundant soldiers were retired, over ten commanders were dismissed after heavy fines, and two generals, General Ape and General Shi, were demoted to commanders.
Under the teachings of senior farmers, herders, and engineers assisted by the Yao Clan, the arable land in the Sifang Kingdom increased dramatically, with new potatoes, soybeans, and wheat added to the soil.
Newly arrived ghost physicians treated the city dwellers for various diseases and instructed them in the use of medicines, as well as the most basic first aid methods.
They even fixed a device called a sky lantern in the sky to illuminate the entire city, replacing the often fatigued Birds of Prey.
The city was changing drastically, the old rules of the past were collapsing as far as the eye could see, and a new order was being established and erected, a war in which the light of the sword could not be seen.
At this time, the bird flew away from fatigue and rested on the king’s shoulder, looking to the east.
There rumbled the sound of artillery from the fire-vapour gun carriages.
It thought.
Niu San Si must still be practising hard.
Suddenly, the king’s heartfelt voice came, “Was I really bad at governing the city in the past?”
Bird Flying Jedi replied, “Yes, it was very poor. Your Majesty.”
“…… No wonder the population has been small.”
The contemplative king rubbed his forehead with his large hand, “The inhabitants must be disgusted with me, right?”
“Though you are a poor ruler of the city, easily fooled, not known for your intelligence, and your planning and management is chaotic ……, everyone loves you, Your Majesty.”
The king clasped his hands over his head, “Stop, stop …… Can’t you give more compliments like you did in the past?”
“Your Majesty, compliments only lead to loss and arrogance, recognising the imperfect reality is the only way to be a great and wise monarch. Telling you the truth, this is the loyalty and mission of the reporting bird.”
Bird Flying Jedi’s mouth was cold.
“…… Then you’d better curse me more.”The king slapped his hands hard on his stone head, his voice chagrined and low.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
